Method for use in the manufacture of shoes



Nov. 27, 1928. 1,693,132

w. c. BAXTER METHOD FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES Original Filed July 25, 1921 2;: Q 32 d I Patented Nov. 27, 1928 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. VBAXTER, or BEVERLY,

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE NEW JERSEY.

METHOD FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES.

Griginal application filed July 25, 1921, Serial No. 487,394. Divided and this application filed September 10, 1926. Serial No 134,711

This invention relates to the manufacture of shoes, and in some of its aspects has more particular reference to the shaping or molding of the toe ends of shoe uppers, while in other aspects it is not limited to operations on that particular portion ofa shoe. This application is a division of my copending application, Serial No. 487,394, filed on July 25, 1921, wherein are disclosed and claimed novel features of mechanism adapted for use in carrying out the method of this invention.

One of the objects which the invention has in view isthe provision of a method adapted to facilitate the quick and accurate presentation of a shoe part in predetermined rela tion to means which operates thereon, the method herein illustrated including the use of a presenting tool to engage positioning surfaces provided on the shoe part in definite predetermined locations, for example by'jig holes formed therein, and to move the part by such engagement into a predetermined position relatively to the operating means. In its application to the molding of the toe ends of uppers, the invention, as herein further exemplified, includes the use of atool'engaging the upper in jig holesat the opposite sides of the toe for carrying the upper to the molding machine and presenting it with its toe end in proper relation to the molding means. The upper is conveniently mounted on the presenting tool away from the machine, and the tool serves as convenient means for supporting the upper in presenting itto the ma- "chine. After the upper has been properly positioned, the tool is removed to permit the molding operation to be performedp In a further aspect, the invention provides a. novel method of shaping and trimming shoe upper materials. Under some conditions the trimming of the margin of the toe end of the upper, which is necessary, for example, in welt shoe work prior to the weltsewing operation, may be most conveniently and effectively performed while the upper is undershaping or molding pressure. This 1s especially true where, as herein illustrated, the toe of the upper is molded, off the last, prior to the side-lasting of the shoe. It is desirable, howeveig that in the side-lasting operation the eprcess margin of the upper at the ends of the. tip seam remain in position to be engaged and pulled by the gripper of the lasting machine. In accordance with this invention, therefore, the toe of the upper is trimmed between points located in front of the tip seam, so that the upper in. the ends of the tip seam is left untrimmed. In accor' ance with another object, the trimming of the upper while on a form, or while under shapmg pressure, is 'so effected as to leave the waste material attached to the upper. An advantage in this is that there is no danger of interference wit-h the operation of the upper-shaping or molding machine by an accumulation of waste material. After the upper has been removed fromthe machine the waste material resulting from the trimming may be readily detachedat the convenience of the operator. I r

The invention will now be more particularly described by reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the practice of the method by the use of mechanism such as shown and described in my copending application. It will be recognized, however, that the invention is not dependent upon the use of that'particula'r mechanism.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 illustrates how the upper is mounted on a presenting tool;

Fig. 2 illustrates howthe. upper is presented in proper relation to toe-molding instrumentalities by use of the tool;

Fig. 3 shows a portion of the molding means having slots to co-operate with the presenting tool to determine the proper porial has been detached.

a view of the toeof the upper after its removal from the mold-'- I by which the tool toe of the upper to the molding devices.

In the practice of the method of this invention there may be utilized a presenting tool 10 such-as shown in Fig. 1, preferably formed of resilient metal and having opposite side portions arranged to receive between them and to support in inverted position the rear end portion of assembled upper materials, the opposite side portions of the tool being provided at one end with jig pins 12 for engaging the margin of the toe end of the upper in jig holes 1e (Figs. 6 and 7) located at the ends of the tip seam 16. The tool is sufficiently elongated to provide at the rear of the upper a loop-shaped handle portion '18 may be manipulated in presenting the upper to the molding means. The position of the tool in presenting the upper is indicated in Fig. 2. The melding means illustrated, as more fully shown and described in thecopending application, in-' eludes wipers for wiping the marginal portion of the upper into a groove-22 of a form 2 f over which the toe of the upper is molded, to produce an upstanding flange 26 adapted to be sewed to the rib of a welt shoeinsole; and in the wipers are slots 28 (Fig. 3) for receiving the pins 12 of the presenting tool, these slots having at their inner ends offset portions to interlock with the pins and thus determine the proper relationof thie will be seen that, when the upper is presented as illustrated in Fig. 2, itstoe portion is outspread substantially in a face vofthe wipers.-

In the molding operation 30 are first moved into position plane upon the top clamp members to clamp the margin of the upper outspread upon the wipers, and the presenting tool is then removed to permit the molding operation to proceed. Thereafter, by downward movement of the form 24, the intermediate portion of the toe of the no )er is clam ed u on a toe rest 32 l l P P which is yieldingly mounted to move downwardly with the form. V The clamp members 30, while clamping the margin of the upper upon the Wipers, permit it to slip'in response to the pull thereon as the intermediate portion of the tee is depressed by the form, and atthe same time the upper is upwiped about the end and the sides of the formby a toe band 3 f. At the end of the downward movement of the form the wipers 20 are advanced and closed to wipe themargin of the upperinto the groove 22 of the form and thus to mold the fiang'e26 thereon, the clamp members 30 being lifted from the wipers;

While the wipers 20 are held in molding position, the upstanding margin of the upper is trimmed by a knife 36 which has a swinglug-movement indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5 and makes a cut substantially in the .plane of the top face of the wipers and substantially parallel to the edge of the upper.

It will be seen that the knife cuts outwardly 16. This leaves a portion of the margin at each end of the tip seam untrimmed, so that a pull may be applied thereto in the side-lasting of the shoe. The knife cuts in a single plane, and therefore does'not sever the waste material from the upper, thus avoiding such trouble and annoyance as might result from the presence of waste material among the operating parts of the machine. Fig. 6 shows the toe of "Tie upper after removal from the machine with the waste material attached. The latter may then be conveniently removed by the use of a hand knife or other suitable means, leaving the toe in the condition ill ustrated in Fig. 7; n 1

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

means for performing an operation thereon, and then removing the tool and operating on the part. i

2. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in utilizinga presenting tool to engage a shoe part in one or more ig holes formed in said part and to move the partinto a predetermined position'relatively to an operating instrumeutality, and then removing said tool and operating on the partthus positioned.

3. That improvement in methods of molding the toes of uppers which consists in utilizing a presenting tool to engage an upper in jig holes formed therein at opposite sides bf the toe and to move theupper into a predetermined position relatively to a omolding in- .strumentality, and then removing said tool from the upper and molding the upper thus positioned. 4. Thatimprovementin methods of making shoes which consists in molding the toe end of an upper prior to the side-lasting operation to give it substantially the shape which it is to have in the finished shoe, and prior to the side-lasting operation trimming the marginal portion of the molded toe end of the upper only as far rearwardly as points located in front of the tip seam at the opposite sides of the toe. r I f 5. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in molding-the toe'end of an upper, off the last, to give it substantially heightwise of the toe, andtrimming said flange between points at opposite sides of the toe so located as to leave untrimmed portions substantially at the ends of the tip seam to assist subsequently in the side-lasting of the shoe.

6. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in shaping the toe end of a welt shoe upper prior to the side lasting of the shoe, and while holding the marginal portion of the toe of the upper under shaping pressure trimming it by a cut substantially parallel to its edge and terminating in front of the tip seam-at each side of the toe.

7. That improvement in methods of makingshoes which consists in molding an end of an upper to give it substantially the shape which it is to have in the finished shoe, and while the upper is under molding pressure trimming its marginal portion by a cut so located as to leave the waste material attached to the upper to be removed after the upper is released from the molding pressure.

8. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in molding the toe end of an upper over a form to produce a marginal flange upstanding relatively to the bottom of the form, trimming said flange between points at opposite sides of the toe by a cut so located as to leave the waste material attached to the upper, and removing the upper from the form while said waste mateis thus attached.

9. That improvement in methods of making shoes which consists in shaping an upper by pressure applied at its margin, and while holding the upper under pressure trimming the margin by a cut so located as to leave the waste material attached to the upper.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM C. BAXTER. 

